DeKalb County police said in a statement on Twitter that the 23-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Ricky Hawk, was arrested in that suburb of Atlanta.
Today, Ricky Hawk, 23, was arrested for the murder of his cousin Frederick Rooks, 34. On January 21, the DeKalb County Police Department investigated Rooks' death after he was found shot on Deep Shoals Circle. Hawk is in the DeKalb County Jail charged with Murder. #WeAreDKPD pic.twitter.com/AfaA8CtXgx
— DeKalb County Police Department (@DeKalbCountyPD) February 1, 2021
The police statement said he is in the county jail, charged with murder in connection with the Jan. 21 death of Frederick Rooks.
The statement didn't elaborate on the circumstances of the death or Hawk's arrest.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Hawk was being held without bond late Monday.
The newspaper had reported previously that police responded to a call of shots fired on Jan. 21 about 3:30 a.m. in the community of Panthersville in DeKalb County. The newspaper cited police as saying officers found Rooks dead with multiple gunshot wounds that night.
It wasn't immediately known if Hawk had an attorney who could comment for him. His manager did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment Monday night.
Silento was arrested for two separate alleged incidents in Sept. 2020, one for domestic violence, and one for entering a home in the San Fernando Valley with a hatchet and threatening the residents there.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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